YEY! I finally got my avatar Christmatised! :thumb:

[QUOTE=shortass]YEY! I finally got my avatar Christmatised! :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Way to conform :thumb:

My avatar is still the best. Soz.

You forget the 'x'. :)

I play guitar, but very casually, so I'm not very good. I've been writing a few simple experimental things, but my instrument of choice is drums, which will be all of my focus soon as I'm getting together with a band within a few weeks.

I'm looking for someone to check out a few models of guitars that I like..Zep if youre on..You saw most of em last night..But the thread with all the links is here-

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5816572&posted=1#post5816572[/url]

Anyones opinion (anyone informed anyway) will be greatly appriciated.

To lunch988- :lol:

I like the Epiphone G310, but what do I know I'm only a measly bassist :(.

/doesn't help at all

I like it too, its got an SG look, but zep advised me that i should play an SG first..I'm a measly bassist too! if you didnt read the intro :lol:

Wait..wait..Didn't I have my screen name as Eitri The Berserk?! Anyone..? I could have sworn I did..But I may be thinking of some other service that I've registered for.. :upset: I've been out of it since wensday..go easy on me

[QUOTE=Eitri Is Berserk]Wait..wait..Didn't I have my screen name as Eitri The Berserk?! Anyone..? I could have sworn I did..But I may be thinking of some other service that I've registered for.. :upset: I've been out of it since wensday..go easy on me[/QUOTE]

Yea that's your screen name(on AIM), that's how I knew to make the joke about the guitar talk.

Instrument discussion aside, an old girl/friend of mine got in touch with me today. She's a mother now.

Eeek, your's?

^
haha, i think bartender hopes not, that happened to me once, it turned out she wasnt a bitch anymore!
Any joy?

/me returns


/notices I am in the top 100 of the Favorite MXer's list. :amaze:


What's up?

[QUOTE=I Am Vikingcore]Eeek, your's?[/QUOTE]

No. It was just a surprise, as she's actually younger than me.

[QUOTE=lunch998]Yea that's your screen name(on AIM), that's how I knew to make the joke about the guitar talk.[/QUOTE]

On AIM I have Eitri Is Berserk, and I know somewhere I have Eitri The Berserk..For some reason I thought it was on here. Would a mod change my username without my consent.. or am I just not recalling correctly?

If there is a mxrockandmetal chat on AIM, or if one forms later tonight, will someone invite me? I'm off to play runescape..Cause I've gotten like 20 posts today, which is plenty for me :)

Shameless self-promotion here. I'm working on a screenplay that I hope to get produced in 2007/08. I'm just going to make a quick pitch, and I want you guys to tell me if you'd go see a movie like it. Here you go:

Our story revolves around two police homicide detectives, Sam Crane and Miles Harker. Sam is going through an identity crisis, questioning whether or not the job he feels so dedicated to is ultimately worth it. It only makes it worse that he's unable to kick his smoking habit and his girlfriend Katrina Radcliffe is almost ready to leave him.

Things turn for the worst when Sam and Miles are assigned to track down a new serial killer. His victims are always the dregs of society, and always left in the open with a cross either written on a surface in the victims' blood or carved on their bodies. What you find out long before Sam and Miles, is that the killer is actually Mayor Paul Ward, an intensely religious man who has begun a "holy quest" to make the world better by removing evil-doers from the system. [i]Completely.[/i]

What ensues is a tense psychological thriller as Sam and Miles race to find the killer's identity as the bodycount continues to rise and the public loses faith in them with each new victim.

What do you think? Would you watch this?

The idea is great, IMO, except...mayor? That's like in "From Hell," when Ian Holm, president of the evil government cult, turns out to be Jack the Ripper. That's a tiny bit...implausible to me. The question is what alternative that isn't a cliche could you pick...ex-cop is too frequent...maybe a guy like the Punisher, except religious and evil?

Yeah, rather than the mayor, make it maybe a local vicar, or monsignuer (sp?). Someone not too highly placed within the church, but high enough to be a zealot, etc.

Great story otherwise. :thumb:

Bartender's a daddy! :eek:

I made 91! :amaze: :D

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Bartender's a daddy! :eek:

I made 91! :amaze: :D[/QUOTE]


I made 76 :p

The thing is, this is intended to be Neo-Gothic. I need a mad tyrannical authority figure. Have any of you ever read The Castle of Otranto?

It's that shouting in size 7 that melts you into people's hearts, Jason.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]It's that shouting in size 7 that melts you into people's hearts, Jason.[/QUOTE]


Wewtz0r!

[QUOTE=Steerpike]The thing is, this is intended to be Neo-Gothic. I need a mad tyrannical authority figure. Have any of you ever read The Castle of Otranto?[/QUOTE]


Not really. Well, why not make him the Bishop of a Diocese? Or even the Archbishop of the city in which this takes place?

Or is the mayor more believable?

It's just that you could have the cops seek advice from the high ranking church figure, without them realising he is the culprit.

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]Wewtz0r![/QUOTE]
No. Just no.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Not really. Well, why not make him the Bishop of a Diocese? Or even the Archbishop of the city in which this takes place?

Or is the mayor more believable?

It's just that you could have the cops seek advice from the high ranking church figure, without them realising he is the culprit.[/QUOTE]

Believe me, I've thought about it. But I think this works for several reasons. Let me start by saying my first choice for a city is Philadelphia. Now picture this:

We have a story here about two men trying to find a murderer who is in fact the man chosen to watch over the city. He is the mad king of the 21st century. Twisted streets and back alleys, towering corporate offices, and brick facade businesses and tenements take the place of the giant castle, and suburbs take the place of the village that resides in its shadow.

To combat this wicked tyrant, Sam and Miles are detectives who take the place of the knights, and Sam's girlfriend Katrina is the virtuous maiden who stands by his side.

The Neo-Gothic transposes the Gothic tradition, bringing the unspeakable and macabre into an otherwise ordinary setting. Psycho, Halloween, Carrie (the novel), and Poultergeist are all excellent examples of the Neo-Gothic. It opens on a realistic storyline, and then presents us with a story in which most of the horror lies unspoken, but is realized through action and allusion. It creates a pocket of wrongness in our otherwise mundane world.

Another reason I chose to make Ward the mayor, is for the sake of doubling. Doubling is an exceptionally important part of the Gothic and Neo-Gothic. The doubling here occurs between Sam and Ward. Think about it for a minute.

[QUOTE=zeppelinfan2k3]No. Just no.[/QUOTE]


Awwwwww
:upset:

Ah, I see. Well, if you manage to pull that off on the big screen, could be a real winner. But it is pretty risky if the audience doesn't realise where you are coming from. :)

People probably didn't know where Hitchcock, Carpenter, or Speilberg were coming from, either. How many movie-goers connected Psycho, Halloween, and Poultergeist with the Gothic tradition?